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Coronavirus Greece: 3,164 new cases, 43 dead & 347 intubated

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,249 patients have been discharged from the ICU

Newsroom October 18 06:38

Greece announced that the new laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus recorded in the last 24 hours are 3,164, of which 15 were identified after checks at the country’s gates.

The total number of cases is 697,033 (daily change + 0.5%), of which 50.8% men. Based on the confirmed cases of the last 7 days, 117 are considered to be related to travel from abroad and 2,102 are related to an already known case.

The new deaths of patients with COVID-19 are 43, while since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 15,418 deaths have been recorded. 95.3% had underlying disease and/or age 70 years and older.

The number of patients treated by intubation is 347 (64.0% men). Their median age is 66 years. 81.6% have underlying disease and/or age 70 years and older.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,249 patients have been discharged from the ICU.

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The admissions of new Covid-19 patients to the hospitals of the country are 212 (daily change + 10.42%). The median age of cases is 39 years (range 0.2 to 106 years), while the median age of death is 78 years (range 0.2 to 106 years).

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